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Sample Book of Gauze Ribbon Swatches
Unrecorded artist19th century
- Attribution
- France
- Medium
- Very fine silk gauze, plain weave with brocaded pattern; total of swatches: 186
- Physical dimensions
- Average length of swatches: 12.7 cm (5 1/4 in.); 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); 12.7 cm (5 in.) Average width of swatches: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); 5 cm (2 in.); 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.) Measurements of volume: 23.2 × 17.1 × 3.8 cm (9 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 1 1/2 in.) Measurements of bo×: 25.6 × 19 × 5.7 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
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